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Vault 113 Mods ([personal profile] vault_tech) wrote in [community profile] vault1132023-04-10 05:36 pm

WEEK 1 MINGLE

'cuz it's a sin to tell a lie.
Week 1

As you sleep, you find your mind plagued with strange dreams. You’re still trapped, of course, there’s no way to avoid that, even in the comfort of your own mind, but you’re alone. Utterly alone. The radios and jukeboxes scattered around the place all spring to life, as if they’re speaking to you directly. On the other end, you see people talk about you. From your own perspective, it can’t have been more than… 48 hours since you were taken. From the perspectives of those on the outside, the times don’t match up nearly so well. It might have been days. It might have been weeks. It might have been months.

The voices discuss you. They discuss the way things have changed. They talk about how you just suddenly disappeared without a trace. Maybe they’re glad, glad that you weren’t around to see what happened without you. Or maybe they’re angry. Maybe they know that it was your fault. If only you’d been there, none of this would have happened. If you’d met up with that friend, they wouldn’t have died. If you’d been there to save her, things would have been different. If you had apologized, maybe… or if you hadn’t abandoned your responsibilities…

You don’t get the specifics either way. Your dream - or vision, it leaves your imagination to do all the work. But there’s one thing you can be absolutely sure of.

You are running out of time.

Well, what’s there to be glum about? The vault is your home now, lovingly prepared by Vault-Tec™! Who cares what some ghosts from the past have to say about you, eh? It’s not like you’ll ever see them again.

And no matter how deeply you were sleeping, The Overseer’s voice sounds out on the intercom and seems to wake you immediately.

“Hello, lovelies. We’ve decided to be extra generous to all of you, so we bring some good news for a change. I’m sure in the last few days, you’ve gotten pretty sick of that walled off little cellblock you’re cramped in, so you’ll be positively giddy to learn that we’ve prepared and unlocked the rest of the first level for you all to explore to your heart’s content. If you’ve given up on ever getting out of here, make yourself at home. If you haven’t, well, there’s plenty of fun and interesting tools to integrate into your work whenever you decide to take advantage the former group’s complete lack of initiative or willpower.

Oh, and before I forget… check the common room before you go.”

With that particularly nasty announcement, you will find that the doors that locked the rest of this floor off to you have all been opened up. And in addition to that, the profiles have been made public, joining the rules as framed pictures in the common room.

And if you wish to contact your Overseer or her robotic assistant, you are free to stop for a chat.

NAVIGATION
Vault 113: a short-run murdergame

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howveryglib: gaius looking kind of pensive, perhaps emo, perhaps sleepy, perhaps other emotions (i am in misery etc.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2023-04-13 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
[…yeah ouch : ( well, he’s not going to complain because he’s cool okay.]

I believe I am fine—simply a bit disoriented. I should get over it in short order.
anarchia: (no awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2023-04-13 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Well he’ll trust the organic to know more about this than he does, but still it’s a cause for mild concern. Can’t have him falling about the place, now.]

Do you know of any reason why?
howveryglib: talking about something all intense like. (listen i don't like my writing either.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2023-04-13 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
I think one of my senses may have been deemed a “power” for whatever reason and has been deliberately impaired.

[GRUMBLE GRUMBLE…]
anarchia: (hidden awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2023-04-13 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a significant adjustment to make.

[Losing a whole sense is no small deal!]

It begs the question whether these restrictions are truly meant to level the playing field, or just another form of punishment.

[He's mad because he can't go woof mode.]
howveryglib: gaius with a hand up to his chin, thinking deep thoughts (yeah... tacos sound great for dinner.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2023-04-14 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I imagine it may have provided me an advantage, given that it makes it a bit more difficult to ambush. Nevertheless, the fact that I have lived with it my whole life makes not having it... difficult.
anarchia: (no awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2023-04-15 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
And now you’ve been made an easier target. It’s far from fair.

[Said with a great load of resentment for the situation.]

Will you need any assistance?
howveryglib: at least the lighting is better when he's talking here. (i guess someone else got jumpscared.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2023-04-16 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
I should adjust quickly enough now that I have pinpointed the issue. I appreciate the offer, though.
anarchia: (wreck and awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2023-04-16 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
I would recommend you’re careful in the meantime - just in case.

[Gaius just went from being rather imposing to easy pickings.]

What extra sense was this, anyway?
howveryglib: gaius with a hand up to his chin, thinking deep thoughts (yeah... tacos sound great for dinner.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2023-04-17 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I will be cautious.

[lol. lmao.]

It is effectively enhanced spatial perception. It would make me more difficult to ambush, I think.
anarchia: (no awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2023-04-17 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[rip in fuck, Gaius.]

I imagine the world looks quite different to you, then?
howveryglib: gaius with a hand up to his chin, thinking deep thoughts (yeah... tacos sound great for dinner.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2023-04-19 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
It is far less about sight and more about… feelings, I suppose.